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Help[Opinions] Nope, I mean yuppie.
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Don't worry about being critical--I certainly am, and I welcome the company. ;)
I think of Juliana and Liliana as sort of nouveau yuppie names. They sound like the children of overly-indulgent, macchiato-drinking, Volvo driving soccer moms everywhere to me. They're "different" and "fresh" but safe--no one gets ousted from the chic playgroup with a Lily in tow. The names are precious in the extreme to my ears, like the pwetty-pwetty-pwincesses their parents expect them to be.
And that's a huge, sweeping generalization, but when I see an -ana name, I just get this feeling that the kid's going to be a spoiled brat with parents who think they're very cool and standing out from the crowd, when they've really just combined two insanely popular names to make a third. It's an instinctive thing, and a bit visceral, so if this doesn't make any sense, I apologize and will be happy to try and reexplain. :)
Array (a silly creature)
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
I think of Juliana and Liliana as sort of nouveau yuppie names. They sound like the children of overly-indulgent, macchiato-drinking, Volvo driving soccer moms everywhere to me. They're "different" and "fresh" but safe--no one gets ousted from the chic playgroup with a Lily in tow. The names are precious in the extreme to my ears, like the pwetty-pwetty-pwincesses their parents expect them to be.
And that's a huge, sweeping generalization, but when I see an -ana name, I just get this feeling that the kid's going to be a spoiled brat with parents who think they're very cool and standing out from the crowd, when they've really just combined two insanely popular names to make a third. It's an instinctive thing, and a bit visceral, so if this doesn't make any sense, I apologize and will be happy to try and reexplain. :)
Array (a silly creature)
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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No I understand now. I disagree but understand what you're talking about and the feeling you're describing I know too, but for me I feel that way about names like Brittany, Amy, Kyra, Ashlee (any spelling), Kylie (any spelling), and the list goes on!
"...like the pwetty-pwetty-pwincesses their parents expect them to be." Well said my friend.
"...like the pwetty-pwetty-pwincesses their parents expect them to be." Well said my friend.
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Awwww, mine's a pwetty-pwetty-pwincess name? Damn--I better try harder. A neighbor of mine saw me driving home and mentioned to my mother that "Your son's home from college, huh?"
I feel the same about Brittany-Ashlee-Kylie-etc, too--Brittany and Ashley and them are, like, the previous generation of Juliana-Savannahs.
Array (clearly the exception to the Amy rule ;D )
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
I feel the same about Brittany-Ashlee-Kylie-etc, too--Brittany and Ashley and them are, like, the previous generation of Juliana-Savannahs.
Array (clearly the exception to the Amy rule ;D )
...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Oops, sorry. Well if it makes you feel better, I've gotta include my name (Emily) in that category too, which, with my luck is probably like your mom or sisters name or something.
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